I'm curious, in which episodes can we either see the adults drinking, or do they talk about drinking?
A clear and fun example is "Whale Watching", which starts with Bandit and Chilli on the floor, clearly hungover from the New Year's party that was the night before. ("She saw you dancing on her barbecue table.")
Thanks!
Or sleeping on the floor at Christmas.
I would say more passed out based on Muffin jumping off him and Bandit sitting on him.
and smacking him with the door?
That's pretty passed out...
Classic Stripe.
When does Muffin smack him with the door? Or is that another episode?
Bandit in Verandah Santa.
This may be too vague, but in The Show when they reenact the party where Chilli and Bandit met Chilli says something along the lines of “I don’t remember the queen being there” to which Bandit responds “You wouldn’t”, indicating they were drunk?
Oh I thought he was just being egotistical lol
Oh chili was absolutely smashed
I thought they went to a rave and got a bit high myself.
The reference to chili and frisky going there to... think- I was certain they were referring to getting high, but then media was like "drinking!!!" And I just went "ah yeah, that".
"drink" just rhymes better
Think rhymes with drink so most people assumed it.
Probably a bush doof!
Haha, that’s not a bad read!
I actually thought that was a reference to her not remembering when bandit says they first met as children like "you wouldn't, you don't even remember that" teasing vibes
I thought the same
My favorite. Yes Chili was apparently very intoxicated.
I was imagining a different kind of party too. Definitely telling us A they were drunk B it wasn’t a tea party
I don't think the queen was there the kids just think 'London... -THE QUEEN'
The "lemonade" in stumpfest has strong boozy vibes
They are getting loose up there on the balcony.
Lemonade, Tom Collins, same diff.
The faces of Bandit, Stripe, and Pat at the very end, I don’t think that lemonade was that sour…
It is just pretty strong
I initially saw this as the kids just squeezing lemons into ice and the lads reacting to pure lemon juice, but over many, many successive watches (we have a bluey-obsessed 2 yo) I think Bluey just grabbed the jug from Chilli and Trixie and it was 50% vodka or something
It's not lemonade. If you ask an Australian for some lemonade, they'll hand you a Sprite.
It's clearly an alcoholic punch or sangria or something.
They’ll hand me… a sprite? 😟
99% of the time, the other 1% you’ll be asked if a Solo is okay
…IS a solo okay?! What do I do next?
Well, a Solo is low on fizz, so you can slam it down fast.
So it’s a for real lemonade? What’s the flavor?? This feels chaotic lol I LOVE IT
Solo's like a pub squash, but in a can.
Okay, now you’ve gotta be messing with me
Youre not, I looked it up!!!
I shouldn’t laugh but this is very entertaining
Solo is a lemon flavoured soft drink (soda in American)
"Lemonade" in Australia, NZ, UK is a clear, fizzy soft drink, eg Sprite
We don't do that lemon juice and sugar thing Americans do
It's funny to me how such a carbonated drink could be considered soft
It’s not hard to liquor, so it’s soft
Same as Americans have "hard cider"
Ok except it’s not sprite, it’s Kirk’s or get out.
That's what a lemonade is!!!
The lemon juice drink you guys make is not something we do in Australia.
You should try it, it's delicious. Call it lemmos or something
We have water, lemon juice and sugar mixed together so it isn’t fizzy.
Yeah, that's lemon juice, not lemonade. To use lemonade is a fizzy drink.
A fruit that has been juiced, is fruit juice....
E.G. Apple juice, orange juice, pear juice
Someone should make it a company. (Names) American Lemonade.
There’s no lemonade in Australia. It’s all fizzy.
Maybe Chilli made it for the kids to distribute, without telling them what was in it.
Another indirect one, in “Double Babysitter” Chilli asks if Frisky and Rad have met before. Frisky says (not exact lines I’m sure, I’m going from memory) “didn’t you fall on the pool at the wedding?” Rad says “probably” 😂
Agreed. Like.. "That sounds like something drunk me would do"
An Aussie posted some explanations for stuff in The Sign we might not get. The watermelon he was wearing? A way to get booze into a sporting event
in bbq season 1 all the adults have stubby coolers for their drinks
That’s pretty normal for softies too though.
I think if you showed the average Aussie a picture of a bunch of adults congregating on a deck cooking snags and holding stubby holders, 99% of them would say alcohol is involved
What’s a softie? (American here; please enlighten me on your Aussie lingo) I’m kind of assuming soda but just wanna be sure
Soft drink, I believe. Which is another way to say soda
Aah okay. Yeah soft drink is used here too it just feels more formal. Like soda is slang for soft drink is the way softie is slang for it
Ahh, and "soda" doesn't even mean the same thing across the entire US. Some regions call it "pop" or even "tonic," in which case they don't mean tonic water, or even "Coke," even if it's not a cola. In some areas "soda" literally just means fizzy water, which is called seltzer in other places. And club soda, what the heck even is that?
I will say, I absolutely love the Aussie (Ozzie? Is one more correct?) predilection for shortening EVERYTHING. And then adding a Z to the end. Delightful ☺️
Aussie
I may be miss reminding it but I think Honey's mom (beagle) is drinking out of a wine glass as well.
That's Spygame, not BBQ, but she was definitely dancing because of being tipsy.
While not directly stated, it is a reference to the Simpsons: In The Sign, Chilli tells the kids they used to go up to the lookout to um… “think” (drink)
Oh man I missed the Simpsons reference. I was thinking she meant they went up there to smoke cannabis. Maybe I'm projecting what I did in HS instead of drinking.
See, I immediately thought messing around with boys, probably for the same reason.
Let's be real, they went up to drink, smoke weed AND get laid.
I definitely thought they meant weed
I figured it was more of a reference to a make out point type scenario. Not Frisky and Chili with one another, just you know, high school girls and their beaus.
Where they went is a real place in Brisbane (where it's set) look up pictures of Mount Coot-tha lookout. (Pronounced mount Cootha) You get a good view of the city from there
So what usually happens up there?
Thinking
Most people go up to see the view. Cyclists ride around the area. There was a restaurant, which is currently closed to renovate and reopen. There is a lot of bushland around, which is nice, considering it's not far from the city.
“I need to do some serious thinking…”
I’m sure he meant to say serious drinking.
That's what I assumed.
I assumed that was a weed reference lol
Fun! Know what Simpsons episode it was?
Season 6, episode 10.
Homer: now if you’ll excuse me, I have some serious thinking to do. (Leaves)
Bart: he really meant to say serious drinking
Lisa: that’s what I assumed…
Nah, Mt Coot-tha is a known smoking spot. They were having green thoughts together.
Joe Brumm himself confirmed it was a Simpsons reference on the Gotta Be Done podcast. While the spot might be known for the Devil’s Lettuce, Chilli and Frisky (and possibly Trixie as well) went up there to get sauced.
Fair enough! Have my upvote for the devil's lettuce.
I don’t think anyone mentioned it but Bandit sings “99 bottles of thing on the wall” in two different episodes which always makes me laugh.
It’s pretty endearing because (chronologically) the first time is in Baby Race when Bluey is a newborn, and the second is in Sleepytime when she asks Bandit to sing to her; it’s a song from her infancy.
My son has different songs that particular people sing to him as comfort songs. Down to the point where he doesn't want me singing someone else's song. I could definitely see Bluey associating "99 bottles of thing" with her dad.
The ladies are absolutely imbibing during Stumpfest!
YEA SHAKE IT CHILI
Bandit and Chile were clearly hangover during Whale Watchers.
Well that certainly isn’t apple juice nanas drinking!
Same goes for Bandit and Chili's table. Brandy and Bandit have water while everyone else has darker colored drinks.
Missed that! I love that detail!
The episode when the kids are playing the spy game at the BBQ and plucking hairs off the adults. Chili is definitely drinking a glass of white wine.
And Honey's mum gets up and dances randomly so she was getting a bit merry 😂
"Frisky and I used to come up here to... ummm... think." (The Sign)
Usually, high school girls "thinking" is high school girls "drinking"
I had them smoking pot in my head but that might be more of an American thing
SAME
I thought it was implying that they would go up there with their boyfriends to kiss. Like how every stereotypical town had a make out point.
That would be funny but it’s public isn’t it?
It’s a Simpson reference.
Season 6 episode 10
“I have some serious thinking to do”
“I think he means serious drinking”
I just noticed TODAY that in “The Decider” both Bandit and Pat are drinking from cans that are obviously beer. They have tape over the labels when the kids drinks have a fruit picture on their cans.
I read somewhere that on The Sign, we see a pic of Radley with a watermelon on his head and that it was part of a tradition at cricket games where people would drink booze out of a watermelon
When Chili and Frisky went to the place to “think”, they went to drink
I love the parts in BBQ where Bandit's drink is constantly being knocked out of his hand. Always assumed it was a beer.
not in bluey but she went to moes tavern
I love a good simpsons refernce!
What about in “Escape” where Bandit and Chili are dropping off the kids at Nana’s so they can “lay in comfy hammocks & drink from coconuts with those little umbrellas?” #NoKidsAllowed
Anyone able to identify this bottle? From "Verandah Santa".
Looks like some kinda “vino” for sure :)
I always thought the look on Bandit’s face in Pizza Girls when he tells stripe “enough about ya car mate” he seemed a little buzzed.
I think in the episode "stump fest" Chilli and Trixie might me drinking, but not quite sure, but they where acting a lil bit drunk in my personal opinion
Overtired kids are very similar to drunk adults
Stripe didn't end up in the bushes because he drank too much soda pop......